Town developer challenges council demand for €31.4m in development contributions

In 2018, it obtained permission for the construction of a new town centre development, including housing, retail and three public parks.

A model from 2018 of the 1,269 new apartments at Cherrywood Town Centre. File photo: Naoise Culhane

The developer of a new town centre in Cherrywood in south Dublin has brought a legal challenge over a local authority’s demand for €31.4m in development contributions.

Hines Cherrywood Development Fund ICAV claims there is no lawful basis for the demand issued last August by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.